Nintendo Voice Chat: Talking About Zelda Wii U, NX with Bill Trinen
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The cast of your favorite IGN Nintendo podcast has a special guest this week.
In this special episode of Hyrule Times Vol. 2 (you can watch/listen to the first volume of HT here), Nintendo's senior marketing manager Bill Trinen joins host Jose Otero, Brian Altano, and Peer Schneider to share their adventures in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Trinen tells us a bunch of fun stories from his time with the new open world Zelda game, and he also shares his fond memories from Zelda: Majora's Mask, Link's Awakening, and more.
Feast Your Eyes on This Awesome Breath of the Wild Link Figure
If you want to recreate scenes from the upcoming Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild in the wilds of your suburban enclave, Medicom is releasing an amazing Link figure to help you achieve your miniature Nintendo dreams.
The highly detailed figure comes equipped with a sword, shield, bow and a quiver of arrows. And from the photo via GANKING on Twitter, it looks like Link will come with an actual cloth tunic.
Image source: @GANKING
Top 10 Best Disaster Movies Ever Made
From hurricanes to shipwrecks to molten lava to alien invasions, the disaster movie pits us humans at our best (or worst), and gives a select group of almost always beautiful-looking people the chance to make it out alive. These are the 10 greatest disaster movies ever made:
Along with flying cows, one of the more interesting twists in the storm-chasing thriller Twister is its leading couple. In movies like Outbreak, Independence Day and 2012, it’s the stagnating husband who has to win back his jet-setting ex. Not so in Twister, where Bill Paxton is the collared shirt wearing sellout, while soon-to-be ex-wife Helen Hunt has to lure him back to the passion project that united them.
The 5 Best Anime from Spring 2016
Of all the completed anime from the spring 2016 season, these five stood out for their excellence in telling stories of pain, friendship, and a little bit of espionage.
Though we love ongoing shows like JoJo’s Bizarre Adventure: Diamond is Unbreakable and Re:Zero - Starting Life in Another World, they are not eligible for this list. To qualify for this list, the anime must have completed its season.
Production I.G.’s brilliant World War 2 spy thriller continuously challenged us to keep up with the clever exploits of Japan’s clandestine D-Agency as it sent its best covert operatives around the world to one up the governments of Germany, America, Britain...and Japan. We were glued to our seats as we watched each mission unfold in unexpected ways, turning and twisting in different directions until it all came together like a Rubix Cube. Joker Game is as beautiful as it is smart, with great art direction and lots of attractive locals. This mix of brains and beauty — combined with its historical backdrop, makes Joker Game one of the best anime of the season.
6 Cool Things We Learned About Zelda: Breath of the Wild
Last week at E3 2016, Nintendo finally gave the world a deeper look at The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. While we learned a lot over the course of the show, IGN had a chance to interview some key people involved in making the new Zelda game that's coming to Wii U and NX in 2017. We spoke to series producer Eiji Aonuma, executive producer Shigeru Miyamoto, and senior product marketing manager Bill Trinen (in separate interviews) to see what else we could learn about Nintendo’s new open world game.
More DC Rebirth Comics Debut In September
DC released their full solicitations for September 2016 this week. Look for another wave of DC Rebirth titles to make their debut, along with the return of Fables and the start of Gerard Way's Young Animal imprint.
New Series:
- Batman Beyond Rebirth #1 (one-shot)
- Blue Beetle #1
- Cyborg Rebirth #1 (one-shot)
- Cyborg #1
- Doom Patrol #1
- Everafter: From the Pages of Fables #1
- Frostbite #1
- Gotham Academy: Second Semester #1
- Raven #1
- Supergirl #1
- Teen Titans Rebirth #1 (one-shot)
Star Wars: Mon Mothma’s Role in Rogue One Detailed
Mon Mothma will play a pivotal role in Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, and Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy has come forward to shed light on what's in store for Genevieve O'Reilly's character in the upcoming film.
According to EW, Mothma will play a major role in aiding in the destruction of the first Death Star, tasking Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones) and Capt. Cassian Andor (Diego Luna) with a secret mission to secure information about the massive weapon.
While Caroline Blakiston starred as Mothma in Return of the Jedi, O'Reilly will be portraying the character in Rogue One, where she'll have a "significantly larger" role, according to Lucasfilm president Kathleen Kennedy.
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 Outed by Ratings Board
Pac-Man Championship Edition 2 is currently in the works at Bandai Namco, if a listing on the Korean Game Rating and Administration Committee site is to be believed.
Spotted by Twitter user lifelower, the listing suggests the sequel will be released on PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC.
IGN has reached out to Bandai Namco for comment and will update this story with any new information.
The original Xbox Live Arcade game was released in 2007. A follow-up, titled Pac-Man Championship Edition DX, was then released in 2010, adding additional mazes and modes.
No Man’s Sky Developer in Final Push for Release
No Man's Sky still looks set to crack the universe open in August, according to an official blog post today.
In the post, developer Sean Murray of Hello Games reaffirms the game's August 9 release date for North America, saying the team is working "night and day" to make sure it's ready for release.
No Man's Sky was originally set to be released this past Tuesday, but last month Sony announced it would be pushed back to August to allow for a few weeks' worth of extra polish.
We recently featured No Man's Sky as an IGN First game, where we explored the first two hours of gameplay and sat down with creator Sean Murray to discuss his work on Burnout 3, the origins of No Man's Sky and what it's really like to meet Elon Musk.
Wolfenstein: The New Order Dev Releases New Levels for Quake’s 20th Anniversary
To celebrate Quake's 20th anniversary, Wolfenstein: The New Order developer MachineGames created a new episode for id Software's classic first-person shooter.
"Happy 20th to Quake, id Software," the studio tweeted. "As a gift to fans, we created a new episode of the game." Those who own Quake will simply have to download the RAR file and install the levels.
MachineGames' Quake level